• Microsoft releases Visual Studio Emulator for Android preview

  One of the most unexpected announcements at Microsoft's Connect() developer event in New York City today, aside from .NET going open source and cross-platform, is the release of a Visual Studio Emulator for Android. Available as a preview today in Visual Studio 2015 preview, the new tool is…

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• Microsoft Updates Visual Studio 2013, Previews Next Major Release

   At its Connect() developer event in New York today, Microsoft announced the latest in its quarterly updates to Visual Studio and showed a preview of Visual Studio's next major release, which is now available for download. The other important update today, though, is probably the launch of…

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• Microsoft Takes .NET Open Source And Cross-Platform

   For more than 12 years now, the .NET framework has been the programming model for developers who want to build apps for Windows. But in its efforts to take many of its developer tools cross-platform, Microsoft today announced that it plans to take .NET to both the Mac and Linux soon and that it is…

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• Microsoft debuts Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 2015 previews, free Visual Studio Community 2013

  In addition to announcing that .NET is going open source and cross-platform, Microsoft today also unleashed a torrent of Visual Studio news at its Connect() developer event in New York City. The company released Visual Studio 2015 Preview and .NET 2015 Preview, a new free Visual Studio Community…

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• Microsoft Launches Free, Unrestricted Version Of Visual Studio For Small Teams

   Microsoft today launched the Community 2013 edition of Visual Studio, which essentially replaces the very limited Visual Studio Express version the company has been offering for a few years now. There is a huge difference between Visual Studio Express and the aptly named Visual Studio 2013…

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• Microsoft starts to open source .NET and take it cross-platform to Mac, Linux

  Microsoft today announced plans to open source .NET, the company's software framework that primarily runs on Windows, and release it on GitHub.

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• 7 minutes in hell: one brutal workout with the Microsoft Band and Basis Peak

  I once believed exercise is necessarily just prolonged self-torture. I dreaded spending over an hour at the gym, which turned me into a yo-yo exerciser. For brief periods, I'd manage to find both the motivation and time in my schedule, only to fall off the wagon when my days got too busy. But…

• Microsoft patches critical bug that affects every Windows version since 95

  Microsoft has patched a critical flaw in Windows that has existed in every version since the introduction of Windows 95 more than 19 years ago. IBM security researchers discovered the flaw earlier this year and notified the software giant privately in May. The rare bug allows attackers to remotely…

• Walmart's Black Friday sales include $329 Xbox One bundle, $648 Vizio 65-inch TV, and discounted iPads

  Like the other  big retail outfits , Walmart will be participating in the consumeristic orgy of Black Friday. Instead of restricting their bargain bonanza to a single day, Walmart will be hosting a five-day sale beginning Thanksgiving morning and ending on Cyber Monday, which falls on December 1st.…